"Lian Li is a name that’s synonymous with high quality. If you know the name then you know that their stuff is not what one would call inexpensive at all. The price though is well worth it when it comes to the top quality in construction, design and functionality you’ll get when you purchase a Lian Li product. Today for review I have one of their new USB 3.0 enclosures, just named the EX-103. It’s not exactly what we think of when you mention enclosure though, it’s not quite portable, it’s meant more to sit on your desk than travel with you. The enclosure is very well made as you might expect from Lian Li, and it has a subtle yet stylish design to it. So read on to learn more.. "

"Dozens of different scenarios were played out on our drives. XP /
Vista installs, repeated application / game installs, batch copying of
files, and custom IOMeter access patterns were all liberally applied to the
X25-M. Various combinations of the above all seemed to point to one common
denominator - all three of our SSDs suffered a drop in performance
regardless of the type of workload applied to them. The next sections will
explore the issues at hand while simultaneously addressing any steps that
can be done to counter the effects at play."